she detested socialism, probably even more than ronald reagan. and she had an abhorrance of communism. ronald reagan was a man of middle america who brought those views and values and stood by them his whole career. he wasn't like a lot of these modern politicians. when a poll goes wrong, they are gone. >> we've been very good friends with the brits for a long time. i don't think of two leaders or two countries at the same time who were so close. >> the only two i can think of are winston churchill and fdr. but they had real tensions during world war ii. but i think you're exactly right. it brings up a quote that i recall that bismarck said in the 19th century. he said, the most important fact of the 20th century will be that the americans speak english. as kevin phillips used the term in his book about the cousins' war, they are the cousins. we speak the same language. even though we had tremendous battles with them in the 19th century and the americans frankly did not like brits, they detested them almost more than anyone, in the 20th century,